Carromancy (from Greek carro, `waxen`, and manteia, `divination`), otherwise known as ceromancy, is a form of divination involving wax. One of the most common methods of carromancy is to heat wax until molten, then to pour it directly into cold water. The shapes and movements of the wax as it cools and solidifies can then allegedly be read to ...
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carromancy Divination by interpreting melting wax which was usually poured into cold water so the shapes of the wax could be interpreted. Related 'divination, sorcery, fortune telling, omens' word units: auspic-; fa-, fate; Fates in action; futur-; omen; sorc-, sorcery.
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ceramancy, ceromancy; carromancy Divination by dropping melted wax into water and observing (interpreting) the figures made there. During the Middle Ages, wax would be melted in a brass container and poured into another vessel containing cold water.
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